Antonia's Line Movie Review 1995

90-year-old Antonia (Van Ammelrooy) has decided that she is going to die today and so begins a 50-year-long flashback of her nonconformist life in a Dutch village. Her lesbian daughter Danielle (Dottermans) wants a child without bothering about a husband and Antonia obliging arranges a brief interlude that produces child prodigy Therese (Van Overloop), who eventually has her own daughter, Sarah (Ravesteijn). Lots of female bonding (the male characters are mostly on the periphery of the action) and a certain magic realism abound. Dutch with subtitles.

Distribution

BMG Entertainment, 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036-4039, Phone: (212)930-4000, URL: http://www.bmg.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 102 minutes.
Originally from Dutch.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Drama, Moms, Female Bonding, Flashback, Family Drama

Screenplay

Marleen Gorris

Cast

Willeke Van Ammelrooy, Els Dottermans, Veerle Van Overloop, Thyrza Ravesteijn, Jan Decleir, Mil Seghers, Jan Steen, Marina De Graaf

Cinematography

Willy Stassen

Director

Marleen Gorris

Music

Ilona Sekacz

Producer

Hans De Weers, First Look Pictures

Awards

Oscars 1995: Foreign Film.